Cometh the hour, cometh the man
149 of 107 balls with 13 fours and 8 towering sixes. The innings of his lifetime. It was a delight to watch Gilchrist come back to form and play his usual game. He was struggling the whole tournament, especially the later half. And boy, what a time to regain your confidence and touch !!! It was his last innings in the World Cup and he definately is gonna cherish it for his lifetime. I guess, not just he, but every person who saw him butcher the Sri Lankan attack would cherish his innings. There was no slogging, pure timing in his shots. I was very delighted to watch his innings. And it was even more crucial, since none of the in-form Aussie players were able to find their usual touch. Hayden, Ponting, Symonds were all out of nick on the day it mattered all. Thanks to Gilchrist's beautiful strokeplay, Aussies had it easy third time in a row in the finals.
Gilly scored a boundary or a six of each of the Lankan bowlers. Not a single one was spared. His six that he scored of Murali was his best. But, the best six of the match was not from Gilly's bat. It was the captain, Ponting who scored the most beautiful six of Malinga. It wasnt a bad ball, but the six was shot from the middle of the bat and was struck with great force. It was a classic shot. Malinga was the best bowler among the Lankans on that day, and to score a six of his bowling speaks a lot in itself.
Its funny to see that in all the 3 World Cup finals that Australia have won, its been one of the sub-continent countries whom they beat. All the time, the team that reached the finals was the best in that tournament, and once they played the finals, you felt like they actually handed over the trophy to the Aussies in a plate, knealing down on their knees. Thankfully, it wasnt such a bad match after all with the Sri Lankans giving them a good fight. In fact, the match could have gone either way when Jayasurya and Sangakarra were at the crease. It made the match interesting and not a one sided event as most of the matches in this tournament have been. If it was not for Clarke's fluke dismissal of Jaysuriya, we certainly had a tight match in hand.
It was Jaysuriya's, Arnold's and Murali's [ is it really ? ] last World Cup bout and they definately gave their best. But, it was Glenn McGrath, playing his last one-day match, who got the most attention. He was the highest wicket taker in the tourny and was bowling his usual immaculate line but was not finding the wicket. In fact, he got hammered a lot too in his bowling. I was doubting if he would even get a wicket in this match. His first wicket that he got in this match was from a runout !!! But, then it doesnt count as a wicket on his name. And as it was with the Test matches, he got a wicket of his penultimate ball in his one-day's too. He is probably the only player in this tournament having a fairy tale retirement
Russel Arnold c Gilchrist b McGrath 1
All the 3 players involved in this wicket were playing their last match :), well atleast the last match in a World Cup.
I dont know about others, but I am really gonna miss watching the immaculate McGrath and the entertaining Gilchrist ...
Gilly scored a boundary or a six of each of the Lankan bowlers. Not a single one was spared. His six that he scored of Murali was his best. But, the best six of the match was not from Gilly's bat. It was the captain, Ponting who scored the most beautiful six of Malinga. It wasnt a bad ball, but the six was shot from the middle of the bat and was struck with great force. It was a classic shot. Malinga was the best bowler among the Lankans on that day, and to score a six of his bowling speaks a lot in itself.
Its funny to see that in all the 3 World Cup finals that Australia have won, its been one of the sub-continent countries whom they beat. All the time, the team that reached the finals was the best in that tournament, and once they played the finals, you felt like they actually handed over the trophy to the Aussies in a plate, knealing down on their knees. Thankfully, it wasnt such a bad match after all with the Sri Lankans giving them a good fight. In fact, the match could have gone either way when Jayasurya and Sangakarra were at the crease. It made the match interesting and not a one sided event as most of the matches in this tournament have been. If it was not for Clarke's fluke dismissal of Jaysuriya, we certainly had a tight match in hand.
It was Jaysuriya's, Arnold's and Murali's [ is it really ? ] last World Cup bout and they definately gave their best. But, it was Glenn McGrath, playing his last one-day match, who got the most attention. He was the highest wicket taker in the tourny and was bowling his usual immaculate line but was not finding the wicket. In fact, he got hammered a lot too in his bowling. I was doubting if he would even get a wicket in this match. His first wicket that he got in this match was from a runout !!! But, then it doesnt count as a wicket on his name. And as it was with the Test matches, he got a wicket of his penultimate ball in his one-day's too. He is probably the only player in this tournament having a fairy tale retirement
Russel Arnold c Gilchrist b McGrath 1
All the 3 players involved in this wicket were playing their last match :), well atleast the last match in a World Cup.
I dont know about others, but I am really gonna miss watching the immaculate McGrath and the entertaining Gilchrist ...
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